Label-fastener.



W. SIEGFRIED.

LABEL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1914 1,127,298. 4 Patented Feb.2,1915.

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LABEL-FASTENER.

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Patented Feb. 2, 12115.

Application filed April 6, 1814. Serial No. 830.004.

To all whom it may concern.

lie it known that I, l/VILnnLn Sinornmo, manufacturer, a subject of theKing of Prussia, residing at Erfurt, in the Kingdom of Prussia, inGermany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in orRelating to Label-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The label fastener provided with protection for the fastening pinaccording to my invention, is arranged so that the point of the pin iscompletely concealed whereby any injury to the hand or to the materialto which the label is pinned, or to the adjoining materials, iscompletely prevented. The point of the pin itself is protected bybending a tongue or flap of the label at an angle rearward, as well asby carrying the stem or wire of the pin over the flap and securing it tothe latter, so as to prevent it from turning laterally, whereby the pinin an unused label, always stands normal to the surface of the label.and cannot turn over. After the point of the pin has been stuck throughthe material and bent upward, the flap is pressed over the bent pin, andthe point of the latter is thus completely covered.

Protection for the pin is therefore obtained by means of a tongue orflap of the label, bent at an angle and in one piece with the labelitself. The said flap is stiffened by the wire which forms a branch orstem of the pin, so that the bent flap cannot straighten out, and thusthe protection of the pin is permanently insured. Moreover, by bendingthe stem of the pin upward or downward on the inner face of the label, asupporting layer is formed, and by bending the other end of the wireover the flap bent rearward at an angle, the pin is held fast so that itcannot turn laterally. In practical use, only the point of the pintherefore is stuck into the material to be marked, the said point beingbent upward and the flap of the label bent over it. Owing to its beingstrengthened by the wire, the bent flap is prevented from bending again,and the point of the pin is permanently covered by the flap so that itdoes not project and cannot lead either to injuries to the finger or tosuch materials as may be placed on the material labeled.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figures 1 and 2 show a form wherein the label is provided with a singlefastening pin,

Fig. 2 being a plan view and Fig. 1 being a central longitudinal sectionon the line AB of Fig. 2; Figs. 3, t and 5 show a slightly modifiedformwherein the label is provided with a pair of fastening pins, Fig. 5being a plan view, Fig. 3 being a central longitudinal sectional view onthe line ft-11 of Fig. 5, and Fig. I} being a cross-sectional view onthe line CD of Fig. 5; Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 show a further modifiedconstruction, Fig. 8 being a plan view, Fig. (3 beinga centrallongitudinal sectional view on the line IK of Fig. 8, Fig. 7 being across-sectional view on the line E-F of Fig. 8, and Fig. 9 being acentral longitudinal sectional view showing the label in attachedrelation.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2: The label 1 is provided with a tongue orflap 2 which is in one piece with the label proper and is bent rearward.The wire 3 is carried through the label toward the inner side thereof,and provided with an outward bend 4: parallel to and lying against thelabel proper and from which projects the pointed shank, (Figs. 1 and 2).The wire 3 is then carried on the outside of the label and upward alongthe flap 2 and clenched to the latter. Owing to one end of the wire.being bent at an angle over the flap, a firm position of the pin isinsured. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wire is passedthrough the flap and bent in such a manner that it is firmly secured tothe flap.

Figs. 3 to 5 show a construction wherein the label, instead of beingprovided with one pin, as in Figs. 1 to 3, is provided with two pinsarranged in parallel relation and each being generally similar to thesingle pin shown in Figs. 1 to 3. These figures show a furthermodification in that the bond, as 4*, from which the shank 5 projects,is directed toward the flap 2 instead of away from it, as in the bend 4:in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

The modified construction shown in Figs. 6 to 9, like the constructionshown in Figs. 8 and 4:, embodies two fastening pins, each pin beingshown as of the same construction as the fastening pins in Figs. 8 and4. According to Figs. 6 to 9, however, the ends of the fastening pinswhich are clenched to the label 2, are connected, adjacent the innerface of said label, by an integral bar 7 which extends transversely ofthe label. Fig. 9 shows the relation of the label to the fabric 9 towhich the label is secured. Fig. 9 shows the label constructed accordingto the modification shown in Figs. 6 to 8. The relation of the label tothe fabric is the same in all cases, however, in that the flap 2overlies the shank 5 and the latter is bent inwardly toward the flap 2and parallel to the label 1.

The label in all the embodiments of the invention may be provided with afacing 8 which covers both the label proper and the flap, and also theexposed portions of the fastening pin or wire and thus assists insecuring the wire to the label and the flap.

WVhat I claim is:

In combination, a label having a flap at one end thereof and standing atan angle thereto and a wire extending along the outside of the flap andof the label for a part 20 of the length of the latter, the wire beingclenched to the flap and having one end extending through the label,bent parallel to the label to lie against the same and provided with apointed shank extending from 25 my hand in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

WILHELM SIEGFRIED.

' Witnesses ERNST EBERHARDT, ALFRED HOFFMANN.

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' Washington, D. G.

